Genre: architectural subject / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Subject Terms: spires

1. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Sir Charles Barry, 1795–1860
Date:: ca. 1840-1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache, pen and black and brown ink on medium, smooth, weige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 30 1/8 inches (40.3 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Our Blessed Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Dudley: Perspective

Creator:: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (34.3 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Eaton Hall

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 3/8 inches (13.8 × 18.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Newstead Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 7 15/16 inches (14.2 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Cathedrals in England

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on cream card mounted on beige card
Dimensions:: Image: 6 15/16 x 5 3/16 inches (17.7 x 13.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Greyfriars Tower, Lynn, as it appeared 1801

Creator:: Robert Dixon, 1780–1815
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (25.3 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 35 1/4 inches (59.1 × 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Glasgow Cathedral

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1889
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 12 1/2 inches (21.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

9. Alnwick Castle

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 x 10 7/16 inches (20.8 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Tower of the Manor House, East Barsham, Norfolk

Creator:: Joseph Nash, 1808–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Corsham Court, Wiltshire: Elevation of the North Front

Creator:: John Nash, 1752–1835
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 14 3/8 inches (19.2 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: View

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor within triple-ruled and wash border on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 x 25 1/4 inches (47.3 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Cambridge from Coe Fen

Creator:: Edward Vulliamy, 1876–1962
Date:: 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 1/4 inches (21.5 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Oxford, Folly Bridge

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches (15.6 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and the Entrance to the Singing Men's Cloister

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/2 inches (38.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1792–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, brown ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (13.5 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1792–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (12.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Gloucester Cathedral

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 inches (20.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Entrance to Hengrave Hall, 1819

Creator:: Anna Mills, active 1819
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper in contemporary wove paper insert with wash boader
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 x 10 5/8 inches (40.5 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Cathedral Church of Worcester

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 9/16 inches (20.9 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The North Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary at Worcester

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 13 7/16 inches (25.3 x 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Blockley Church

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bonnor, ca. 1740–ca. 1812
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 7/8 inches (12.7 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Longitudinal Section

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 13/16 inches (32.1 x 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Transverse Sections of the East and West End

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 9/16 inches (32.1 x 47.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. King's College, Cambridge, from Trinity

Creator:: Print made by John Piper, 1903–1992
Date:: ca. 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 26 7/8 inches (51.8 x 68.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Two Studies of Clare College

Creator:: Colin Sorensen, active 1964–2001
Date:: 1964
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 11/16 inches (29.5 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Blockley Church

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bonnor, ca. 1740–ca. 1812
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 11/16 inches (21.1 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderatetly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 11 3/8 inches (38.3 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Leicester, St. Mary's Church

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.7 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

2. Our Blessed Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Dudley: Perspective

3. Eaton Hall

4. Newstead Abbey

5. Cathedrals in England

6. The Greyfriars Tower, Lynn, as it appeared 1801

7. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

8. Glasgow Cathedral

9. Alnwick Castle

10. The Tower of the Manor House, East Barsham, Norfolk

11. Corsham Court, Wiltshire: Elevation of the North Front

12. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: View

13. Cambridge from Coe Fen

14. Oxford, Folly Bridge

15. St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and the Entrance to the Singing Men's Cloister

16. St. Paul's Cathedral

17. The Houses of Parliament

18. Gloucester Cathedral

19. The Entrance to Hengrave Hall, 1819

20. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

21. The Cathedral Church of Worcester

22. The North Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary at Worcester

23. Blockley Church

24. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Longitudinal Section

25. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Transverse Sections of the East and West End

26. King's College, Cambridge, from Trinity

27. Two Studies of Clare College

28. Blockley Church

29. Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

30. Leicester, St. Mary's Church